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Angel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum by Dean Kirby (Paperback, 2016)
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ISBN-13: 9781783831524, 978-1783831524. "It is all free fighting here. Dampness and misery, violence and wrong, have left their handwriting in perfectly legible characters on the walls.". (Manchester Guardian, 1870.).
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Step into the Victorian underworld of Angel Meadow, the vilest and most dangerous slum of the Industrial Revolution. In the shadow of the world's first cotton mill, 30,000 souls trapped by poverty are fighting for survival as the British Empire is built upon their backs. Thieves and prostitutes keep company with rats in overcrowded lodging houses and deep cellars on the banks of a black river, the Irk. Gangs of 'scuttlers' stalk the streets in pointed, brass-tripped clogs. Those who evade their clutches are hunted down by cholera and tuberculosis. Lawless drinking dens and a cold slab in the dead house provide the only relief from this filthy and frightening world. Manchester Evening News journalist Dean Kirby takes readers on a hair-raising journey through the alleyways, gin palaces and underground vaults of the nineteenth century Manchester slum considered so diabolical it was re-christened 'hell upon earth' by Friedrich Engels in 1845. Enter Angel Meadow if you dare... AUTHOR: Dean Kirby is a journalist at the Manchester Evening News and has been reporting on news and events in Manchester and the North West for 15 years. During that time, he has covered murders, protests, disturbances and terror raids, and reported on major trials at the city's criminal courts. But most of all he enjoys meeting ordinary Mancunians and telling their extraordinary stories. He has a life-long obsession with history and genealogy. SELLING POINTS: . This is the first published history of Angel Meadow, a notorious Manchester slum, described by Friedrich Engels in his 1845 Condition of the Working Class in England (1845). Angel Meadow has frequently appeared in the news in recent years, after archaeologists dug up the site in 2011. . This is not just a local history, however. Angel Meadow was recently featured in Michael's Wood's documentary series, the Great British Story (2012) and the story should appeal to audiences of popular BBC slum drama series, Peaky Blinders and Ripper Street. . Dean Kirby is a journalist at the Manchester Evening News. He started researching the story of the slum when he discovered that his ancestor William Kirby lived and worked in Angel Meadow. 25-30 imagesProduct Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-139781783831524
eBay Product ID (ePID)221096694
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameAngel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEconomic Sociology
AuthorDean Kirby
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDean Kirby
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- 21 Oct, 2020
Great interesting read
Great book on a very interesting time in history on one very special area of Manchester Many thanks for the author who researched it and put it all together beautifullyVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 May, 2023
A true account of Angel Meadow people in the disgraceful slums.
Such a well written book. Each chapter relates to a true event. It gives a very moving account how hard it was for the very poor in Victorian England, living or just about surviving in the slums of Manchester.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Sep, 2017
Angel Meadow: Britain's most savage slum, compelling read
Of special interest as this in my own family history. Have lots of books about the area but still lots of new & interesting information. Sad too and food for thought.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Jun, 2021
Angel Meadow, Manchester historical book
Good book gives insight to the conditions that Mancunians lived through in Victorian times. My ancestors lived through the cholera epidemic at Ludgate Hill. Very informative.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Oct, 2023
Fabulous insight into desperate people trapped in a cycle of poverty as Manchester's population exploded during the first half of the 19th century.
great price for a book which is in demandVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Oct, 2019
Fabulous piece of local gisgory
Brilliant book so well researched and compelling reading. If you want to learn about this dreadful Victorian hall then this book tells it all.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Apr, 2017
Excellent read with interesting facts.....
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 Sep, 2018
was it ever like this
very interesting book,especially if your family came from Manchester,and tells of the lives of people in angel meadowVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Jul, 2024
Educational & Great Read about Manchester
Great read and history. Really enjoying this book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Jan, 2017
good reaading
couldn't find in high street found on ebay excellent readVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
